Manufacturing and Engineering

Los Angeles County officials and business leaders rose to the defense of a Japanese company Monday that has all but given up plans to build a $60-million manufacturing facility in the Antelope Valley because of a dispute with local labor leaders. UPDATE: Japanese firm is ready to scrap plans for Palmdale rail-car factory Two years ago, Osaka-based Kinkisharyo International won an $890-million contract to build 175 light-rail cars for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Most of the parts will be built in Japan, but the firm agreed to perform final assembly, including painting and wiring the cars, in Los Angeles County. It has been doing that from a temporary facility in...

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BRIDGEPORT — Firefighters on Tuesday battled a three-alarm fire in the former Remington Arms factory.
The fire was reported about 11:30 a.m. in the vacant structure near Barnum Avenue and Helen Street. Firefighters also answered a call at the same time...

Barely nine hours after bringing the state's top Democrats to a standing ovation with a fiery critique of Republican rival Tom Foley, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy hit the campaign trail, and his opponent, with full force on Thursday.
Introducing himself as...

MANCHESTER — Nine people, including seven children, were displaced by a fire in a multi-family duplex on Orchard Street in Manchester on Saturday, Fire Chief David Billings said.The fire broke out around 1:30 p.m., with heavy smoke coming out of the attic...

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The first grants and loans in the $200 million state Bioscience Fund have been awarded by Connecticut Innovations, the state-funded venture capital agency.Dura Biotech, a startup in Mansfield, is expecting a $400,368 loan that CI could choose to convert...

Uttered at every campaign stop and imprinted on all of her volunteers' T-shirts is a word that Republican lieutenant governor candidate Heather Somers has used to define her campaign.Outsider.The former Groton mayor is heading to a primary Tuesday against...

By now we know that ignition defects in Chevrolet Cobalts contributed to the deaths of at least 13 people. The real number may be more than 20 times as high.
But we could have found out a lot sooner — soon enough, perhaps, to save many of those lives....

Even in the summer heat, 99-year-old S. Prestley Blake drives his green off-road cart to check on his construction project several times a day.
Blake, co-founder of the Friendly's Ice Cream empire, is spending an estimated $6 million to build a copy of...

The unfortunate but seemingly imminent demise of the once-proud Phoenix Cos. should cause a pause in the planned move of UConn's Hartford campus downtown. Perhaps the Courant can redirect Dan Haar back from rural Route 44 to downtown Hartford, prepared...

CHESTER — The power of Boeing to insist on lower prices by its supply chain is so great that the Federal Reserve mentioned it as a factor in the Northeast's regional economy.
Even for suppliers who don't directly sell to the Boeing or Airbus duopoly,...

General Motors has recalled more than 15 million vehicles worldwide this year for ignition-related defects, but Shelley Hansen still doesn't understand why it hasn't recalled her (VIN) number yet.
GM's massive recalls began in February with 2.6 million...

Named in 1637, Hartford is nearly 400 years old with a history that includes Native Americans, record flooding of the Connecticut River at 24 feet (1909), the deadliest circus fire in the country's history (1944) and skyscraper construction in the...

HARTFORD — A man accused of firing at least six shots into the windshield of a vehicle driven by his cousin on July 12 had recently argued with the victim over a woman, according to an arrest warrant.Jerry Duncan, 18, was arrested Friday and charged...

WETHERSFIELD — A celebration of all things Chrysler is coming to Cove Park Sunday.The 29th annual Chrysler Automobile Festival will be held at the park from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. In case of rain, the event, which is free, will move to Sunday, Aug. 3, organizer...

In the business of getting from here to there, Connecticut has frequently been among America's pioneering states.
Manufacturers like Pratt & Whitney and Sikorsky are at the forefront of modern aviation, but over the centuries Connecticut was home...

NORTH HAVEN — Nine years ago, Covidien hired fewer than 10 interns in Connecticut, though the multinational medical device maker has a major plant and engineering operation in the state.
For each of the past several years, between its North Haven and New...

Five companies have been awarded $10,000 each for their innovative project ideas, Connecticut Innovations has announced.The organization, which receives state money to invest in high-tech startups, made the awards through its CTNext program.Following...

PLAINVILLE — The recent upgrade in the town's bond rating, its equivalent of a person's credit score, gives Plainville a ranking just below wealthy Greenwich, New Canaan and other towns considered the most fiscally sound in the state, the town's financial...

MANCHESTER — A commercial landscaper's tale of a boy and a big red truck caught the eye of Ford Motor Co.
The automaker shared Tom Topping's Facebook posting about his recent encounter with Kevin Fellows on its corporate Facebook page, then offered...

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